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or at least that was the plan considered by the national security agency according to new documents leaked by edward snowden and reported by glen greenwald and huffington post. the nsa spied on six muslims it deemed radicalizers in order to exploit personal weaknesses including online porn habits. one of the leaked documents
or at least that was the plan considered by the national security agency according to new documents leaked by edward snowden and reported by glen greenwald and huffington post. the nsa spied on six muslims it deemed radicalizers in order to exploit personal weaknesses including online porn habits. one of the leaked documents
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last thimg i'll say, if you have that kind of turmoil at the national security agency, then how on earth is our national security in good shape when we're on the enl of a conflict with north korea? >> the national security council. really good point given what's going on in the world. the roundtable is staying with
last thimg i'll say, if you have that kind of turmoil at the national security agency, then how on earth is our national security in good shape when we're on the enl of a conflict with north korea? >> the national security council. really good point given what's going on in the world. the roundtable is staying with
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, national security agency, it's unbelievable. he calls up everybody he thinks can turn up a spigot. >> in a family business not publicly held. >> it's good jared doesn't have all of these jobs. >> in a family business, the pot calls the shots. you say what gets done. you go make it, so. the u.s. government is not like that. one of the things we're learning in addition to the fact that there's this now clearer prema fascia case that's being built around obstruction of justice, the obstruction of justice questions are coming into sharp relief as a focus of what director of mueller was going to have to look at. you've also got this incredible revelation day after day of how little donald trump understands about the basic of under pinnings of what the government is suppose to work and what the constitutional limits are under the presidency. he tries to run rough shot over them time and time again and also tends to do another thing what we've seen is pit the intelligence agencies against each other. as someone who spent a lot of decem
, national security agency, it's unbelievable. he calls up everybody he thinks can turn up a spigot. >> in a family business not publicly held. >> it's good jared doesn't have all of these jobs. >> in a family business, the pot calls the shots. you say what gets done. you go make it, so. the u.s. government is not like that. one of the things we're learning in addition to the fact that there's this now clearer prema fascia case that's being built around obstruction of justice,...
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security agency. and what we are waiting for is he will reveal details of two terror plots that were stopped because of these programs that have raised some questions. and so we are waiting to hear from him to give us details of those. we just heard from the president last night. we have heard from supporters of these programs all along that they do a very real job of stopping terror attacks. in fact, in his opening statement, the nsa director said i would rather be here answering questions about this debate than sitting before you and answering questions about why we weren't able to prevent another 9/11. so this is part of what is their plan to explain why they believe these programs are so vital, so critical, as he said. let's listen once again, to james cole. >> -- on top of the periodic reports we make if there is a compliance incident. those include information about the data required and how we are performing under this statute. so once again, keeping in mind, all of this is done with three bran
security agency. and what we are waiting for is he will reveal details of two terror plots that were stopped because of these programs that have raised some questions. and so we are waiting to hear from him to give us details of those. we just heard from the president last night. we have heard from supporters of these programs all along that they do a very real job of stopping terror attacks. in fact, in his opening statement, the nsa director said i would rather be here answering questions...
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documents show the national security agency has been serially gathering information on connections u.s. citizens have made on social media since november 2012. massive amounts of data on phone calls and the e-mails have been collected by the nsa. this information can be used to pinpoint a person's exact location. here's the catch. it can also detect who a person is traveling with at any given time. if that wasn't enough, more
documents show the national security agency has been serially gathering information on connections u.s. citizens have made on social media since november 2012. massive amounts of data on phone calls and the e-mails have been collected by the nsa. this information can be used to pinpoint a person's exact location. here's the catch. it can also detect who a person is traveling with at any given time. if that wasn't enough, more
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security agency divided him up into two phones. that's because they probably have some security measures on the voice phone and on the one with the applications. it probably routes through another location, which makes it hard to get. however, you have to understand, donald trump has been a high value, high personal of interest commune cake intercept targets for the russians special community indications service, their nsa since 2013. they've through his mobile
security agency divided him up into two phones. that's because they probably have some security measures on the voice phone and on the one with the applications. it probably routes through another location, which makes it hard to get. however, you have to understand, donald trump has been a high value, high personal of interest commune cake intercept targets for the russians special community indications service, their nsa since 2013. they've through his mobile
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security agency, but the changes he announced will allow it to continue or expand the collection of personal data from billions of people around the world, americans and foreign citizens alike." that doesn't seem like a lot of privacy protection. >> well, i would disagree with mr. gellman. i think that what the president has said is that he wanted to maintain the capability of the
security agency, but the changes he announced will allow it to continue or expand the collection of personal data from billions of people around the world, americans and foreign citizens alike." that doesn't seem like a lot of privacy protection. >> well, i would disagree with mr. gellman. i think that what the president has said is that he wanted to maintain the capability of the
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the national security agency is collecting phone records of millions of verizon customers. the phrase they use is "indiscriminately and in bulk." a secret foreign intelligence surveillance court ruled it was okay and gave the government the authority to get the records for three months. it is raising questions about privacy and the powers of the federal government post-9/11. the government is not listening to those phone calls but collecting what's called metadata. so it's phone numbers, the time of the call, the location, the duration, and any unique identifiers. >> what's unusual is the unlimited scope of it. the fact they're just taking it all. it's not targeted. >> in totality to have actually put together a worse narrative for a progressive president. >> t
the national security agency is collecting phone records of millions of verizon customers. the phrase they use is "indiscriminately and in bulk." a secret foreign intelligence surveillance court ruled it was okay and gave the government the authority to get the records for three months. it is raising questions about privacy and the powers of the federal government post-9/11. the government is not listening to those phone calls but collecting what's called metadata. so it's phone...
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joel brenner is the former inspector general at the national security agency. he was quoted in the original breaking news report from the "washington post" last night. unique perspective on this story. and tom donilon, you have seen him dozens of times in situations with president obama including that memorable photograph from the situation room during the killing of osama bin laden. and harvard law school's recognized authority on constitutional law, professor laurence tribe, will join us later in this hour. on the day when the president's lawyers finally said donald trump can indeed commit any crime that you can think of and no prosecutor in america can ever do anything about it as long as donald trump is president. the trump lawyers filed an extraordinary document in court today saying that in effect president trump could shoot someone on fifth avenue and the manhattan district attorney could do nothing about it. we'll get professor laurence tribe's reaction to that later in the hour. we begin tonight with the breaking news from the "washington post." tonigh
joel brenner is the former inspector general at the national security agency. he was quoted in the original breaking news report from the "washington post" last night. unique perspective on this story. and tom donilon, you have seen him dozens of times in situations with president obama including that memorable photograph from the situation room during the killing of osama bin laden. and harvard law school's recognized authority on constitutional law, professor laurence tribe, will...
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cybercommand and the national security agency. you know, i worked there. those places are cryptic themselves. the people there are going to do the nation's defense. and to tell you the truth, it is so sophisticated, that it is -- it takes years to understand precisely what they're doing. it's not like the cia running human intelligence officers. they have the ability to disrupt things as part of their day-to-day mandate. i think we're relatively safe with them. >> that makes me feel good if you say so, mall mocolm. thank you, my friend. rescue crews spent part of the day searching for skiers after an avalanche. it happened near the town of andermatt in central switzerland. molly, what's the latest? >> hey, ali. that's right. so the avalanche didn't happen in the back country. it didn't even really happen off pace. it happened kind of on a groomed run. lots of in the video we've seen already shows the avalanche breaking just over a groomed run coming down. again, lots of families, it's christmas holiday, we spoke with one eyewitness who said his son was on
cybercommand and the national security agency. you know, i worked there. those places are cryptic themselves. the people there are going to do the nation's defense. and to tell you the truth, it is so sophisticated, that it is -- it takes years to understand precisely what they're doing. it's not like the cia running human intelligence officers. they have the ability to disrupt things as part of their day-to-day mandate. i think we're relatively safe with them. >> that makes me feel good...
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ambassador and never confirmed because the national security agency and bush white house would not share the information about the 13 americans john bolton unmasked with the united states congress. this is u.s. government officials, white house officials lookingi looking to peek in what americans were in these transcripts the national security agency had. >> if i had a conversation with a russian ambassador and picked up as an intercept, russian ambassador kislyak and an american ambassador had a conversation and if granted that permission would have greta van susteren that's done that. i assume if they wanted to go further they could go further, is that your understanding? >> yeah. the reason intelligence officials would do that if they feel like there were some risk or consequence they were trying to prevent, to protect the country's national security, it was essential to know the identity of the person unmasked. they are not doing it because they were curious or interesting. i know some trump supporters believe in the case of flynn he was unmasked out of malice to embarrass trump. wha
ambassador and never confirmed because the national security agency and bush white house would not share the information about the 13 americans john bolton unmasked with the united states congress. this is u.s. government officials, white house officials lookingi looking to peek in what americans were in these transcripts the national security agency had. >> if i had a conversation with a russian ambassador and picked up as an intercept, russian ambassador kislyak and an american...
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the national security agency still doesn't know the full extent of what he took. sources tell nbc news the agency is, quote, overwhelmed by the amount of damage that snowden has done. >>> a short yet unbelievable video clip shows a truck crashing through a guardrail and down a ravine in central michigan. you can see the truck and its trailer launch off the road. amazingly, the driver is expected to recover from his injuries. >>> tuesday in new york city, a taxi jumped a curb and hit a 23-year-old woman severing one of her legs below the knee. tv's dr. oz happened to be at the scene. a good samaritan saved the woman's life with a tourniquet. >> there was a dog leash and a belt. they saved her life. between the two of them, we were able to stop the bleeding. >>> water with dangerously high levels of radiation is leaking from japan's crippled fukushima nuclear plant. the plant, damaged in japan's 2011 earth and tsunami is leaving water so contaminated officials say it's enough to give someone a five-year dose of radiation in just one hour. >>> and a daring rescue in
the national security agency still doesn't know the full extent of what he took. sources tell nbc news the agency is, quote, overwhelmed by the amount of damage that snowden has done. >>> a short yet unbelievable video clip shows a truck crashing through a guardrail and down a ravine in central michigan. you can see the truck and its trailer launch off the road. amazingly, the driver is expected to recover from his injuries. >>> tuesday in new york city, a taxi jumped a curb...
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as the top legal counsel at the national security agency. why? why do they want to force this? on literally the last day that trump is president. why do the crazy -- forgive me -- why do the wingnuts who are telling the president he can still stop biden from being sworn in, he can still keep power by force somehow -- why do the wingnuts who are talking to the president about this stuff think that putting trump people in at the top of the nsa and the cia at the last minute will somehow advance that cause? i don't know, but they are, in fact, going ahead with doing it, at least to the extent they can. and we now know tonight that house speaker nancy pelosi is trying to stop it. pelosi releasing this letter to the acting defense secretary today. it says, dear acting secretary miller, i am writing to follow up on my phone conversation with you earlier today, during which i expressed my deep concern about the irregularities involved in the selection of the general counsel of the national security administration. i ask that you immediately cease plans to improperly install michael el
as the top legal counsel at the national security agency. why? why do they want to force this? on literally the last day that trump is president. why do the crazy -- forgive me -- why do the wingnuts who are telling the president he can still stop biden from being sworn in, he can still keep power by force somehow -- why do the wingnuts who are talking to the president about this stuff think that putting trump people in at the top of the nsa and the cia at the last minute will somehow advance...
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now the national security agency will pull the plug on certain parts of the patriot act. this legislation has left some senators just scrambling this morning. what happens now? >> reporter: well they try to figure out if they can bring some of the tools back. we've been talking a lot about the phone records. that is a key part of the patriot act but there are other tools that are used to track terrorists that as of this morning they've expired and they're no longer legal. the government can no longer track lone wolf terrorists or use roving wiretaps to track suspects who change phones. >> it give us the ability to track moves individuals are making. >> reporter: those parts of the patriot act expired a midnight. >> isn't this as critical as it's ever been given the fact that the middle east is literally on fire and we are losing everywhere. >> rand call blocked it. he's running for president. critics accuse him of putting politics over national security. >> some of them i think secretly want there to be an attack on the united states so they can blame it on me. >> reporte
now the national security agency will pull the plug on certain parts of the patriot act. this legislation has left some senators just scrambling this morning. what happens now? >> reporter: well they try to figure out if they can bring some of the tools back. we've been talking a lot about the phone records. that is a key part of the patriot act but there are other tools that are used to track terrorists that as of this morning they've expired and they're no longer legal. the government...
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possible dramatic arrest. >> deadly incident at the headquarters of a national security agency. >> two men dressed in women's clothing
possible dramatic arrest. >> deadly incident at the headquarters of a national security agency. >> two men dressed in women's clothing
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the investigation court reportedly included the fbi, cia, national security agency. the justice department, the treasury department's financial crime enforcement network and representatives of the director of national intelligence. it goes on, quote. investigators are examining how money may have moved from the kremlin to covertly help trump win. nbc news has also confirmed that the fbi along with multiple intelligence agencies has continued to investigate russia's election interference including how the operation was financed and whether any americans were involved. and this very busy day in washington, also saw the final press conference from president obama while in office. his 39th, which covered a range of topics including his successor. >> i won't go into details of my conversations with president-elect trump. as i've said before, they are cordial. at times, they've been fairly lengthy and they've been substantive. i can't tell you how convincing i've been. i think you'd have to ask him whether i've been convincing or not. i have offered my best advice council
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the white house national security agency declined to comment on "the washington journal's" report. joining me is an author of the piece. dust indian inn good to see you. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> this is interesting for people to understand. the nsa is saying a thing that they do that was designed to protect americans is not worth the effort, the return on investment is not good. what do they mean by that? too much stuff or legal challenges? >> well, the dirty secret of this program is the nsa for many years, even prior to snowden found it wasn't that useful. when it was exposed officials said it was vital to national security, it thwarted dozens of terrorist plots but that wasn't the case. it was then reformed in 2015 due to the disclosures amid this privacy debate to become instead of a bulk surveillance program, instead of all phone calls, it was collecting phones on a more targeted basis. but that program has been difficult to manage at the nsa, the telecommunications firms don't like it because they have to hand over the records after the nsa gets a judge to a
the white house national security agency declined to comment on "the washington journal's" report. joining me is an author of the piece. dust indian inn good to see you. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> this is interesting for people to understand. the nsa is saying a thing that they do that was designed to protect americans is not worth the effort, the return on investment is not good. what do they mean by that? too much stuff or legal challenges? >> well,...
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the cia and the national security agency. she previously served as deputy cia director and deputy national security adviser in the obama administration. let's talk about avril haines and what she brings to the table. >> well, andrea, she is highly accomplished, a lawyer by training, someone who served on the national security council staff and then served as deputy director of the cia, the organization i used to work, and she helped manage that organization, which is of course responsible for collection, analysis, and covert action. then she was brought back by the obama/biden team for national security adviser. she's seen all of national security decision making from a variety of different vantage points. she's very close to the incoming leadership of cia, the national security adviser jake sullivan, and the president-elect and the vice president-elect. they have a lot of faith and confidence in her and the job she'll do. >> her undergraduate major apparently physics and then law school, also apparently knows judo. she is an
the cia and the national security agency. she previously served as deputy cia director and deputy national security adviser in the obama administration. let's talk about avril haines and what she brings to the table. >> well, andrea, she is highly accomplished, a lawyer by training, someone who served on the national security council staff and then served as deputy director of the cia, the organization i used to work, and she helped manage that organization, which is of course responsible...
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his national security agency says russia involved itself in the election. the fbi has put indictments not only with this current one against the russians but also with flynn. these are the foundations of his defensive argument. it is crumbling beneath his feet. he is scrambling, continuing to deny reality. and most importantly, continuing to protect this country. he has taken no action to protect this country from the subversion, from the espionage, and from the effort by the -- the successful effort by the russian government to completely put this country into disarray. he has fractured our political processes. he has set americans against each other. he has successfully carried out an information war. those are russian words, an information war against the united states of america. where is the president? is he protecting us? no. he's protecting himself. >> okay. democratic congressman john garamendi of california, thank you for your candor and insights, appreciate that. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, the specter of scandal. a new report on a playboy p
his national security agency says russia involved itself in the election. the fbi has put indictments not only with this current one against the russians but also with flynn. these are the foundations of his defensive argument. it is crumbling beneath his feet. he is scrambling, continuing to deny reality. and most importantly, continuing to protect this country. he has taken no action to protect this country from the subversion, from the espionage, and from the effort by the -- the successful...
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of homeland security kirstjen nielsen, director of the national security agency, and national security adviser ambassador john bolton, to make some comments and take questions on this topic. as you all know, we've addressed what occurred during the 2016 election numerous times and rather extensively. the purpose of today's briefing is about what we're doing now and in the future to protect the integrity of elections, moving forward. we ask you stay on that topic. in order to help this run smoothly, we ask you direct the question a specific person. i'll turn it over to ambassador bolton to open up and make some comments. >> well, thank you very much, sarah. what we'd like to address today is election security and the 2018 election, and the future. the president has made it very clear what that is. we've had a number of inquiries, including a letter to me the past couple of days from five senator, signed by senator schumer and others. we've made copies available to you. it forms a kind of framework of the briefing the heads of age y agencies are going to give you today. there are other a
of homeland security kirstjen nielsen, director of the national security agency, and national security adviser ambassador john bolton, to make some comments and take questions on this topic. as you all know, we've addressed what occurred during the 2016 election numerous times and rather extensively. the purpose of today's briefing is about what we're doing now and in the future to protect the integrity of elections, moving forward. we ask you stay on that topic. in order to help this run...
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security agency. earnest said, "the intelligence community is conducting court-authorized intelligence activities pursuant to public statute with the knowledge and overnight of congress." he added that "strict controls are in place." no one will confirm whether the nsa is collecting the phone records of other carriers outside of verizon. do you think the collection of phone records goes beyond verizon? go to facebook.com/newsnation and cast that vote. >>> right now we were hoping to get an update on michael jackson's daughter, paris, as it's been widely reported she may have attempted suicide yesterday. the 15-year-old was rushed to a los angeles-area hospital earlier yesterday and a family source tells "e" news the teenager had been suffering from depression and recently revealed that she'd been bullied at school. yesterday, her grandmother, katherine jackson, missed court. there's this ongoing hearing, a civil case against aeg, the concert promoter who was overseeing michael jackson's doctor. and ka
security agency. earnest said, "the intelligence community is conducting court-authorized intelligence activities pursuant to public statute with the knowledge and overnight of congress." he added that "strict controls are in place." no one will confirm whether the nsa is collecting the phone records of other carriers outside of verizon. do you think the collection of phone records goes beyond verizon? go to facebook.com/newsnation and cast that vote. >>> right now...
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think about what this does to law enforcement and national security agencies and their ability to hire the best especially if they want to hire people that have some sort of perverse desire to be paid for going to work every day. last week we reported the new york field office of the fbi started a food bank for agnlts and -- agents and families. the fbi's washington office started a canned food drive for its agents, as well. just like all the other hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers, these agents are heading into the second pay period of zero dollar paychecks. local reporting in washington d.c. indicating agents have been told if they roll on through a second pay period with more zero dollar paychecks, they will also this week lose their dental and vision coverage for themselves and their families. today is day 30 of the federal government shutdown, which means tomorrow we start month number two of hundreds of thousands of federal employees either being idled entirely or forced to work indefinitely without pay. apparently, republicans and the white house agree that the
think about what this does to law enforcement and national security agencies and their ability to hire the best especially if they want to hire people that have some sort of perverse desire to be paid for going to work every day. last week we reported the new york field office of the fbi started a food bank for agnlts and -- agents and families. the fbi's washington office started a canned food drive for its agents, as well. just like all the other hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal...
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>> the national security agency did. >> okay, so how did you report that? reported that to who? how did that conversation go. >> in 2016 i directed our office of compliance to do a fundamental basis review of compliances associated with 702. my memory was that i was briefed on something like october the 20th that led me to believe the technical solution we put in place is not working with the reliability that is necessary. so it went from the department of justice to the fisa court at the end of october, like the 26th of october, and we informed the court that we have a compliance issue here and we're concerned there is an underlying issue with a technical solution. we said we would need time to work through that. the court granted us that time. th say you can continue it under the 16 authorizations, but we will not reauthorization 17 until you show us you addressed it. we went there an internal process, interacted with the department of justice, and by march we came to a solution that the court was comfortable, we executed that solution and they granted us authority for the 702
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. >>> glenn greenwald continues to break news about the national security agency, and he will join me in a moment. but first, the shocker of the weekend was the secret leaker in the nsa story broke the mold for leakers and decided to go public. >> my name's ed snowden. i'm 29 years old. i work for booz allen hamilton as an infrastructure analyst for nsa in hawaii. >> edward snowden spent his first years in elizabeth city, north carolina and then his family moved to maryland when he was 9 years old. he has an unusual background for someone in a position of trust in the intelligence community. he was a high school dropout, but he did obtain a g.e.d. he spent less than a year in the army reserve. snowden says he was discharged after breaking his legs in a training accident. he first worked for the nsa as a security guard. he then got an information technology job with the cia. according to the "guardian," snowden worked at the nsa for the last four years as an employee of various outside contractors including dell and booz allen hamilton where he last made about $200,000 a year. this is
. >>> glenn greenwald continues to break news about the national security agency, and he will join me in a moment. but first, the shocker of the weekend was the secret leaker in the nsa story broke the mold for leakers and decided to go public. >> my name's ed snowden. i'm 29 years old. i work for booz allen hamilton as an infrastructure analyst for nsa in hawaii. >> edward snowden spent his first years in elizabeth city, north carolina and then his family moved to maryland...
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and national security agency director admiral mike rogers goes later today. this all comes as nbc news confirms a "washington post" report that president trump asked coats and rogers to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of coordination between his campaign and russia during the election. mike viqueira is on capitol hill. michael, tell us about these new details coming in? >> you're right. and that approach by president trump that nbc has confirmed to mike rogers, the director of the national security agency, admiral mike rogers, and dan coats, the director of national intelligence, to publicly push back on these aelllegations or e public information made public by james comey march 20th testimony to congress there was an active investigation into russian interference in the election. we will hear from the director of national intelligence can dotes coming before the senate armed services committee. this was a prescheduled hearing on worldwide threats and mike rogers, both men were concerned enough according to the reports, to compare notes on their
and national security agency director admiral mike rogers goes later today. this all comes as nbc news confirms a "washington post" report that president trump asked coats and rogers to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of coordination between his campaign and russia during the election. mike viqueira is on capitol hill. michael, tell us about these new details coming in? >> you're right. and that approach by president trump that nbc has confirmed to mike rogers, the...
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. >> i'm for whatever it takes, as long as it's restricted to the national security agency and doesn't get involved in looking for criminal behavior or other kind of things. the problem we have is between the total failure of attorney general holder and his team and the irs scandal and all the other things we're watching, why would anyone trust the government to keep its word? >> michael, are we watching republicans trying to have it both ways here? is this going to become some sort of fake outrage or talking point, seeing as how this was all started under president bush? and it's something the republicans pushed for. >> no, i agree with that. i think it's definitely a dan r danger. to richard's point, there's got to be a concern about not overextending the outrage. the questions i asked are legitimate questions. what are you doing with this information? is it strictly for national security purposes? are there criminal elements you're wrapping in under your request to that court to get the warrant in the first place? so, yeah, there's a very interesting line here, thomas, in that there
. >> i'm for whatever it takes, as long as it's restricted to the national security agency and doesn't get involved in looking for criminal behavior or other kind of things. the problem we have is between the total failure of attorney general holder and his team and the irs scandal and all the other things we're watching, why would anyone trust the government to keep its word? >> michael, are we watching republicans trying to have it both ways here? is this going to become some sort...
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if we're talking about focus, mike rogers is the head of the national security agency. national security agency is a very powerful agency that focuses on foreign surveillance. this is one of the agencies at the center of the russia collusion investigation. earlier this week, cnn had a report that described mike rogers head of the nsa expressing, quote, frustration to lawmakers about his inability to convince president trump to accept u.s. intelligence that russia meddled in the election. that's according to a congressional source familiar with the meeting. mike rogers, head of the nsa also reportedly shared concerns with lawmakers about the, quote, lack of white house focus on the continued threat from russian cyber efforts, particularly relating to u.s. voting systems. that's according to another congressional source. so the nsa is frustrated that the president doesn't get that russia attacked us or doesn't care and cannot focus on trying to fight it at all. take a look at that coupled with what "the washington post" reported this weekend. for contrast, "the washington
if we're talking about focus, mike rogers is the head of the national security agency. national security agency is a very powerful agency that focuses on foreign surveillance. this is one of the agencies at the center of the russia collusion investigation. earlier this week, cnn had a report that described mike rogers head of the nsa expressing, quote, frustration to lawmakers about his inability to convince president trump to accept u.s. intelligence that russia meddled in the election. that's...
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but as the "new york times" reports, quote, the national security agency has been largely silent. hiding behind the classification of the intelligence. even the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, the group within the department of homeland security charged with defending critical networks have been conspicuously silent. the silence means it is up to democrats to sound the alarm on how bad this really is. >> this is virtually a declaration of war by russia on the united states and we should take that seriously. >> i could just tell you, it is one of the most serious attacks that we've ever seen because it goes directly to some of our most sensitive agencies like the department of homeland security. >> we have failed to deter the russians. we are only going to see putin stop this kind of behavior when we stop him. >> and this from donald trump's own former homeland security chief tom bossert, quote, the magnitude of this ongoing attack is hard to overstate. the russians have had access to a considerable number of important and sensitive networks for six to nine months
but as the "new york times" reports, quote, the national security agency has been largely silent. hiding behind the classification of the intelligence. even the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, the group within the department of homeland security charged with defending critical networks have been conspicuously silent. the silence means it is up to democrats to sound the alarm on how bad this really is. >> this is virtually a declaration of war by russia on the...
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when he tried to kill this story by going to the national security agency head and going to the head of national intelligence, was he trying to kill the story or trying to stop the investigation? what is he up to? can you parse that? can you figure that out? >> it's an important distinction. at times he seems to be trying to stop the narrative about russia. at other times, there are allegations he may be trying to obstruct justice. >> when he says, kill the investigation of anyonflynn, is because he likes flynn or flynn has stuff on him? >> trump allies say they're friends. but a lot of reporters and republicans and democrats in washington say it's about more than friendship with general flynn, that the president's actions mean he's trying to, in some way, protect the white house, protect his presidency, for whatever reason. >> what's the general thrust of the president's defense right now? he's overseas with the pope and the vatican, he's been with benjamin netanyahu, the leaders of saudi arabia. but when he is back here, what is his plan to save himself? >> within the white house,
when he tried to kill this story by going to the national security agency head and going to the head of national intelligence, was he trying to kill the story or trying to stop the investigation? what is he up to? can you parse that? can you figure that out? >> it's an important distinction. at times he seems to be trying to stop the narrative about russia. at other times, there are allegations he may be trying to obstruct justice. >> when he says, kill the investigation of...
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i mean, we were all fairly shocked early on in the trump administration when national security agency direct, the director of the national security agency said he had not been directed as head of the nsa to try to fight in the ongoing efforts by the kremlin to influence our politics. we now know from this latest indictment that in fact this effort run by provotion and the internet research agency and the elements of this russian government directed interference campaign, they did want slow down after 2016. they kept right up and in fact kept scaling up their efforts and spending more money to try to influence american voters and american politics in 2016 and 2018. are you worried intelligence agencies aren't doing what they're doing to keep us safe? >> but nonetheless they're professionals. they're doing their job. the justice department did its job. it indicted this russian woman for meddling in the most ugly divisive messages that the russians could imagine. but they're not going to win any from this president from doing it. we're getting this green light essentially from our securi
i mean, we were all fairly shocked early on in the trump administration when national security agency direct, the director of the national security agency said he had not been directed as head of the nsa to try to fight in the ongoing efforts by the kremlin to influence our politics. we now know from this latest indictment that in fact this effort run by provotion and the internet research agency and the elements of this russian government directed interference campaign, they did want slow down...
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if you talk about a concrete precise action in the relation of the current debate of the national security agency, as far back as 2007, we were writing are articles about the interception points worked across the world. the most important thing we have done is get edward snowden to safety where he can continue to consult and advise and act as an incentive for other people to come forward in a similar manner. which has already happened. >> let me ask you about edward snowden. you, too, will be speaking along with chelsea manning at south by southwest. what is your correspondence with edward snowden like these days? what degree are you giving him guidance and advice? when was the last time you spoke? >> well, you know, it is a nature of our business and the nature of our opponents that we can't speak about precise communications details because outside the u.k. government has admitted to spending 5.3 million pounds in the last 18 months sur availabling the embassy. but, we have been involved in edward snowden's defense fund and protecting him in various ways and trying to facilitate interpre
if you talk about a concrete precise action in the relation of the current debate of the national security agency, as far back as 2007, we were writing are articles about the interception points worked across the world. the most important thing we have done is get edward snowden to safety where he can continue to consult and advise and act as an incentive for other people to come forward in a similar manner. which has already happened. >> let me ask you about edward snowden. you, too,...
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>> it's not clear whether it will be the fbi but certainly the national security agency which is closely watching that russian military intelligence unit that conducted the hacking according to this private security group. certainly the nsa will have a lot of intelligence about this. whether they will give all of that to ukraine remains to be seen but they are closely watching this whole scenario and what this shows is that the russians are back at it with the same techniques trying to get the pass words out of people and steal all their e-mails and in this case it looks like it was targeted at joe biden because this is the company that put it on the board. and the other really scary thing is once they get e-mails from that company there's nothing that stops them from concocting fake and bogus e-mails and information that they could then release and suggest something amiss about joe biden when in fact it could be false. >> seems to me this is the find of thing that could have long political legs. imagine a world in which e-mails are the new clinton e-mails coming out in october of this y
>> it's not clear whether it will be the fbi but certainly the national security agency which is closely watching that russian military intelligence unit that conducted the hacking according to this private security group. certainly the nsa will have a lot of intelligence about this. whether they will give all of that to ukraine remains to be seen but they are closely watching this whole scenario and what this shows is that the russians are back at it with the same techniques trying to...
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security agency. the u.s. government doesn't like to talk about it. generally, their names are redacted unless a crime has been committed or the identity is necessary to understand the intelligence. >> ken we'll check in with you later in the hour. >>> obamacare was put into law seven years ago. as of today, votes are scheduled to repeal and replace much of it. while the president and house leadership appear to be down in votes, there appears to be a movement toward a deal. the last msnbc head count had 20 no votes. speaker ryan and his leadership team met late into night with spent cal members like charlie dent of pennsylvania who earlier announced he was a no. more conservative members like thomas massey had been less than subtle about how they intended to vote. last night mark meadows indicated after speaking with the president by phone that the logjam with his members might be beginning to break. >> i'm really optimistic we can get there. there's still a lot of question tails to work out. i think
security agency. the u.s. government doesn't like to talk about it. generally, their names are redacted unless a crime has been committed or the identity is necessary to understand the intelligence. >> ken we'll check in with you later in the hour. >>> obamacare was put into law seven years ago. as of today, votes are scheduled to repeal and replace much of it. while the president and house leadership appear to be down in votes, there appears to be a movement toward a deal. the...
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agency. >> yeah, the national security agency was conducting these blanket surveillance. instead of traditional individualized fisa act, it creates individual warrants. a kind of blank check where the judges sign a very broad authorization and the agents have discretion about who gets wiretapped, as long as it's an international communications or surveillance with a foreign target, which includes a foreign group. so might be a google g-mail account. where they get information, if it turns out that was an american's account, if they didn't know at the time they were getting domestic intelligence, they said look, you're claiming we're -- not -- at risk, our civil liberties were not at risk, because you have this incredibly robust over sight, should not we have a rough estimate on how many american's communications are getting swept up in this data base, they said we can't do that, the reason we can't do it. it is secret. go to a secret room and read the reason why we can't do this. the public is not allowed to know. he also wanted to bar back door searches. the idea here is
agency. >> yeah, the national security agency was conducting these blanket surveillance. instead of traditional individualized fisa act, it creates individual warrants. a kind of blank check where the judges sign a very broad authorization and the agents have discretion about who gets wiretapped, as long as it's an international communications or surveillance with a foreign target, which includes a foreign group. so might be a google g-mail account. where they get information, if it turns...
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a new report told president obama to have more oversight and limits on the national security agency. privacy concerns change the spotting game. if max bacchus heads to chinas as the next ambassador, will that give democrats a leg up to replace him and the race to hold on to controlling the senate. this is "the daily rundown" and also today a deep dive into the concussion headlines that are changing the game for pros and for kids. let's get to the first reads of the morning, three years ago this week. we saw the beginning of the arab spring. it began as a movement that shook more than a dozen countries in the mideast and ch challenging regimes that had been in place for deck'ses. december 1235e7bth, 2010 th 17tt a man set himself on fire in an act of protest. it set off a revolution there and across the region. poor living conditions and a lack of influence, tunesians rally for democratic elections and in mid-january after failing to placate the protesters, the president fled his country. the first political casualty. that revolution touched off similar protests in egypt and yemen. ag
a new report told president obama to have more oversight and limits on the national security agency. privacy concerns change the spotting game. if max bacchus heads to chinas as the next ambassador, will that give democrats a leg up to replace him and the race to hold on to controlling the senate. this is "the daily rundown" and also today a deep dive into the concussion headlines that are changing the game for pros and for kids. let's get to the first reads of the morning, three...
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and it would be irresponsible for policymakers and lawmakers to shut down this national security agency at this very grave time. >> david axelrod it sounds to me like he is expecting eventually mitch mcconnell to get a bill through the senate that the president actually will be able to sign that doesn't do any kind of attack on the executive orders. >> i think that that's right. and, again, it may just be a short-term extension, but one point on what michael toe masski was saying it's not just that they have to run in districts where they have to worry, the awards are misaligned. with their base there's actual benefit to doing what the rest of the country doesn't want them to do. what is clearly irresponsible. and that's what's dangerous here. and it ultimately the leaders are going to have to figure out where they're going to draw the line and say, you know what guys -- because they can stand up to their base members if they're willing to work with the other side. and that's what they've not been willing to do. >> who's listening to john mccain and lindsey graham in the senate on this?
and it would be irresponsible for policymakers and lawmakers to shut down this national security agency at this very grave time. >> david axelrod it sounds to me like he is expecting eventually mitch mcconnell to get a bill through the senate that the president actually will be able to sign that doesn't do any kind of attack on the executive orders. >> i think that that's right. and, again, it may just be a short-term extension, but one point on what michael toe masski was saying...
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did the national security agency think that this is never going to be revealed? was there no action plan they had that once this massive program was revealed what you're getting in the public whether they hug this guy or hate the leaker, there is a market shock to the fact that all our phone data is going in a massive bank before we were ready to say, yes, the public wasn't dealt in. wikileaks and i'm not the biggest fan of wikileaks but what they have in common is they're reacting to the fact that we had secrecy in this country that has gone unfixed. people ahead of the administration say get ahead of this. action driven response to thinks i think that are almost happening naturally. >> the access, the prism thing. the access to the internet servers of the major, wasn't that the new news? i thought the nsa phone data mining has been public for six, seven years. >> a lot of confusion about these point rather deliberately by the bush administration and obama administration after it. the extent to which your phone data, your internet communications is being vacuume
did the national security agency think that this is never going to be revealed? was there no action plan they had that once this massive program was revealed what you're getting in the public whether they hug this guy or hate the leaker, there is a market shock to the fact that all our phone data is going in a massive bank before we were ready to say, yes, the public wasn't dealt in. wikileaks and i'm not the biggest fan of wikileaks but what they have in common is they're reacting to the fact...
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the national security agency collects intelligence and defends cyber security. the cyber command, the military side, is in to -- is there to conduct military operations in cyberspace. we don't want the same person running the cia and intelligence operation and the department of defense. we want that separated. same principle applies here and secondly, peter, these are two huge jobs to have one person in charge of both is a span and control problem. >> have a healthy and happy new year. we appreciate your time. >> my pleasure. same to you. >> joining me in the studio the california congressman adam shift, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee. the former cia -- a former cia official who ran the russian operations until he retired the sanctions are pretty weak, perhaps more symbolic. do you agree? >> i don't think they're weak, but i don't think they're going to be enough. i would like to see congress step up and impose broader sanctions. but what really gets the russian's attention is not the expulsion of diplomats or people masquerading as diploma
the national security agency collects intelligence and defends cyber security. the cyber command, the military side, is in to -- is there to conduct military operations in cyberspace. we don't want the same person running the cia and intelligence operation and the department of defense. we want that separated. same principle applies here and secondly, peter, these are two huge jobs to have one person in charge of both is a span and control problem. >> have a healthy and happy new year. we...
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every time the president tried to push the three national security agencies he lost. imagine what would have happened if somebody was more obedient at d.o.d. homeland security or the department of justice. >> yeah. that's what sort of rings through ominously, luke, in the reporting. i want to do two things. read from the reporting and then talk about phil waldron. the basis for the draft order sent to trump. these allegations about dominion voting systems were the centerpiece for four lawsuits that ms. powell filed in late november and december 2020 seeking to overturn results of the election. the suit accompanied by affidavits of mr. ramsland made the baseless claim that chinese officials and shell companies and soros had conspired to hack into the machines and what was described as a globalist socialist plot to steel the election. what's amazing is how much running room the bald faced lies and dominion is suing several conservative news outlets for the lies and unfounded and some of the most fringey news agencies are correcting the record and saying that. billions o
every time the president tried to push the three national security agencies he lost. imagine what would have happened if somebody was more obedient at d.o.d. homeland security or the department of justice. >> yeah. that's what sort of rings through ominously, luke, in the reporting. i want to do two things. read from the reporting and then talk about phil waldron. the basis for the draft order sent to trump. these allegations about dominion voting systems were the centerpiece for four...
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including national security agencies. the president hasn't said anything about it. what do you know about what we are doing right now to fortify ourselves and to figure out exactly what happened? >> every day is a new revelation, and none of this is encouraging. we know -- we believe we know that the russians were behind it. it follows their pattern of conduct. we believe that it started in march after we had spent billions, literally billions of dollars to protect our own intelligence and our own cyber network itself from this kind of attack. and now every day unrolls another chapter that suggests that another agency has been compromised in some way. once we know it's been compromised we have to go to the depth of this compromise and understand how information they could have gleaned from these files. but understand this is information is critical to our national security. we spend the treasury, people, taxpayers who invested on making certain that america is safe. and we spend a lot of money to do it. and in the flash o
including national security agencies. the president hasn't said anything about it. what do you know about what we are doing right now to fortify ourselves and to figure out exactly what happened? >> every day is a new revelation, and none of this is encouraging. we know -- we believe we know that the russians were behind it. it follows their pattern of conduct. we believe that it started in march after we had spent billions, literally billions of dollars to protect our own intelligence...
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admiral mike roger, the current director of the national security agency and the commander of u.s. cybercommand visited donald trump today at trump tower. here is wt admiral rogers said yesterday. >> there shouldn't be any doubt in anybody's mind. this was not something that was done casually. this was not something that was done by chance. this was not a target that was selected purely arbitrarily. this is a conscious effort by a nation state to attempt to achieve a specific effect. >> so maybe now donald trump and maybe general flynn think it wasn't somebody sitting on a bed fooling around, doing some casual hacking. senator lindsey graham now wants congress, the senate specifically, to hold hearings to investigate what russia has been up to. senator graham says russia's misadventures throughout the world, including whether they were involved in hacking into the dnc should be investigated. were they involved in cyberattacks that had a political component to it in our elections, graham asked. if so, putin should be punished. joining us now, adrian karitnitski. the donald trump's n
admiral mike roger, the current director of the national security agency and the commander of u.s. cybercommand visited donald trump today at trump tower. here is wt admiral rogers said yesterday. >> there shouldn't be any doubt in anybody's mind. this was not something that was done casually. this was not something that was done by chance. this was not a target that was selected purely arbitrarily. this is a conscious effort by a nation state to attempt to achieve a specific effect....
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thank you on behalf of the men of the national security agency. i'm honored to appear beside my teammate mr. comey to discuss russian's activities and continue tensions and want to ensure the committee that my team is doing the best to sin al-fil -- fulfill the requests for information. when we last met in january, we discussed the classified version of the january intelligence community's assessment on assessing russian activities and intentions in the recent u.s. elections. today more than two months after we issued this assessment, we stand by it as issued. there is no change in our confidence level on the assessment. the specifics need to remain classified to protect sense it have sources and methods, so today i will limit my discussion to information in the public domain that of the public lily released assessment. there are some issues i cannot discuss in an open session, nor will i be able to provide specifics in some areas. the intelligence community has a longstanding policy of not discussing surveillance arg targeting information in vari
thank you on behalf of the men of the national security agency. i'm honored to appear beside my teammate mr. comey to discuss russian's activities and continue tensions and want to ensure the committee that my team is doing the best to sin al-fil -- fulfill the requests for information. when we last met in january, we discussed the classified version of the january intelligence community's assessment on assessing russian activities and intentions in the recent u.s. elections. today more than...
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the national security agency does signals intelligence. that is phone calls, e-mails, electronic digital radio based transmissions, all that kind of stuff. signals intelligence. they're supposed to be doing it outside the country supposed to be part of our spying on other countries. after 9/11 the bush administration reportedly told the nsa to start vacuuming up that kind of stuff inside the united states as well not just a broad turn those sensors inward, every five days president george w. bush would give the nsa a military order as commander in chief directing them the surveillance they were doing internationally, they should do it inside the country, too. that's a big deal. if you're at the nsa and get an order like that it raises the question whether that very big deal order from the president is actually legal. can the president legally tell us to do that? john ashcroft with pancreatitis kind of decided, no, those orders weren't legal, at least not the way they were trying to justify it at one point during the bush administration. th
the national security agency does signals intelligence. that is phone calls, e-mails, electronic digital radio based transmissions, all that kind of stuff. signals intelligence. they're supposed to be doing it outside the country supposed to be part of our spying on other countries. after 9/11 the bush administration reportedly told the nsa to start vacuuming up that kind of stuff inside the united states as well not just a broad turn those sensors inward, every five days president george w....